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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jack feel on the day he paid off the mortgage to the bank?
(a) Angry that he had to work his whole life to pay off the mortgage.
(b) No different than before the mortgage was paid off.
(c) Sad because there was nothing to work for anymore.
(d) Like a man freed from a prison sentence.

2. How does Jack remember the years following Rose's absence?
(a) He was relieved to be finished with the affair.
(b) They were chaotic after she left the business.
(c) The details are fuzzy.
(d) The years following her death were passed in sadness and darkness.

3. What is one of the questions that Jack asks Andy?
(a) What the weather looks like it is going to do.
(b) How business in town is doing.
(c) What he plans to do with his life.
(d) How his mother is doing.

4. When Mat watches the Pettits leave, what does he realize?
(a) They really do want Jack's farm.
(b) Clara really wants to be back in Port William.
(c) They will never return to Port William.
(d) They are so sad about Jack's death, but they don't know how to express it.

5. Why has Jack's lawyer been away from the country?
(a) He was trying to open a business in town.
(b) He decided he liked the city better than the country.
(c) His mother was dying.
(d) He has been working as a legal advocate.

6. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?
(a) Poor.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Getting ready to file for bankruptcy.
(d) Quite wealthy.

7. When Mat sees the coffin, what is his opinion of it?
(a) Not fancy enough.
(b) Wrong color.
(c) Just right.
(d) Too fancy.

8. When friends and family begin to worry about Jack living on his own, where does Jack go?
(a) To Rose's old house.
(b) To Mat's house.
(c) To Louisville to live with Clara.
(d) To live in a hotel in town.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 9, why does Jack sit down once he reaches his destination?
(a) He broke his leg.
(b) He is worn out.
(c) He needs to be able to look his daughter straight in the eye.
(d) Mat tells him to sit down.

10. What was significant about Rose McInnis's marriage?
(a) It was so strange that the people in town thought it was an odd marriage.
(b) She and her husband were both under 20.
(c) They were in the midst of a very public divorce.
(d) The fought in public constantly.

11. How does Jack feel about television?
(a) It is an annoyance.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He could take it or leave it.
(d) He never turns it off.

12. What object does Jack's lawyer see that has a picture of Jack's hero on it?
(a) A poster.
(b) A cigarette carton.
(c) A newspaper clipping.
(d) A coffee mug.

13. What made Clara not feel at home in Port William any more?
(a) Her parents died and the house she grew up in sold.
(b) The war changed her view of Port William.
(c) She went to college.
(d) New people who moved into Port William changed it drastically.

14. What is the reason for Mat's reaction to Jack's death?
(a) They had been friends for over sixty years, but Mat knows it was time for Jack to go.
(b) They weren't that close.
(c) Jack had tried to take Mat's wife.
(d) Mat did not think that it was time for Jack to die.

15. Why is Mat annoyed on the day of the funeral?
(a) His wife is working on her car during the service.
(b) Andy comes home to tell everyone about college.
(c) Clara talks for too long.
(d) The preacher doesn't do the simple service that was requested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Andy getting ready to go?

2. What was Glad Pettit's occupation?

3. What was the relationship between Jack and Glad?

4. In the Epilogue, in what month do the people gather on Jack's farm?

5. What does the unusual amount of energy cause Mat to do?

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